Whilst we were in lesson, we realised that we had not properly planned and researched a proper closing to our music video. We wanted it to be very effective and incorporate good use of editing and camera work. We searched for videos on YouTube that were to do with a guy coming back to his girlfriend and then I got that 'light bulb above your head feeling'. I remembered a video by RnB singer Ashanti, and how effective the end of her music video was, the use of match cuts and over the shoulder shots were really effective, and there was also very good editing used and use of wipes etc. I suggested this idea to my group and we all really liked the idea. Below is the music video, 3.57 is where we got our inspiration.
Video NO.2 Bruno Mars - Just the way you are
You've probably seen this video over 10 times on our blog, but this video is one of our biggest inspirations and has influenced our music video greatly. Although the song has nothing to do with ours, watching the first few seconds of this video gave us our visual motif, as well as an excellent way to start of our video. Furthermore the inspiration we gained from this video will really test our editing skills. Our visual motif and opening is going to be Shazray our main performer bumping into Denzel our main artist and drawings falling onto the floor. The drawing will be of a man lying in bed with his girlfriend, as the camera moves in closer to the drawing it will begin to merge into the actual narrative and from there Shazray will wake up and the rest of the narrative with flow as planned. We got our influence from 0.16 to 0.45. It amazed us how he used an old-fashioned piece of equipment to create an effective opening.
We decided to look at music videos that had a narrative of running away or simply someone going to a destination, as well as songs that were to do with running away. One song that we were all very familiar with was 'Runaway Love' it's a music video that is very memorable and touches very sensitive topics. However we got our inspiration from the way the artists were used as performers and narrators. In 0.50 we see how Ludacris is represented as an omniscient narrator in the sense that he is in a background of a scene and only visible to the audience, whilst the actors illustrate what he is rapping about. We decided to use this technique when Shazray our performer is contemplating his actions in the Canal. Furthermore we thought that using a technique as such will help us experiment with the way the artist is used as both a narrator and performer.
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